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` BAKE. No. 494,897. Patented Apr. 4, 1893.`

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WITNESS/5S: INVENTOH UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT J. SCHNEIDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,897, dated April 4,1893.

Application led October 25, 1892. Serial No. 449,938. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT J. SCHNEIDER, of New York city, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Rake, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.'

My invention relates to improvements in rakes, and especially to woodenrakes such as are used in raking hay and other light material. As thesera kes are generally constructed, the tail or handle is inserted in ahole in the head and the braces extend through holes in thehandle. Thisconstruction weakens both the head and vhandle at the points where theperforations occur; and the object of my invention is to obviate thisdifficulty and produce a rake which is very strong and not inateriailyheavier than the ordinary rake.

A further object of my in-vention is to increase the holding capacity ofthis class of takes, and construct the rake so that its several partsmay be easily put together when the rake is made.

To these ends my invention consists in a rake, the construction of whichwill be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a broken perspective view of a rake, showing myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a broken enlarged longitudinal section throughthe main clip which fastens the head and handle together, and the claspswhich secure the braces to the handle. Fig. 3 is a detail perspectiveView of one of the brace fastening clasps; and Fig. 4 is a broken endview of the rake, showing in detail the manner in which the main clip issecured to the rake head and handle.

The rake has the usual transverse head l0 in which the teeth 11 areinserted and fastened in the usual way, and the rake has also the longtail or handle 12 which is similar to the usual handle, exceptthat it isbent upward, as shown at 13, to increase the holding capacity of therake and itis fastened to the head in a novel manner. Une end of therake handle is reduced and attened on the under side, as shown at 14,and this end of the handle enters a keeper 15 on the clip 16, which clipis secured to the head by means of the bands 17, and the latter claspthe head 10 closely and are placed so as to lit snugly between the twoteeth 11 near the center of the head l0, as shown best in Fig. 11. Thisarrangement prevents the clip 16 from slipping on the head. lVhen therake is made the clip is attached before the teeth are inserted,although it will be seen that the bands 17 may be made malleable andfolded around the head if desired. The outer end of the keeper l5 ispreferably made slightly larger than the inner end; that is, of aslightly greater diameter, so as to permit the end of the rake handle tobe split by a Wedge if desired and held in place. It is not necessaryusually to Split the head, as the wedge 18 will hold the handle in placeand will spread the end of the handle somewhat s0 as to prevent itswithdrawal. The head 10 is notched and beveled slightly, as shown at 18in Fig. 2, at a point immediately beneathV the flattened and reduced endportion 14 of the rake handle, and the Wedge 1S is driven between thisbevel portion and the handle, as shown in Fig. 2, and when the wedge isdriven home it securely locks the handle in place.

The rake is provided with the usual bent braces 20, which, instead ofbeing extended through the rake handle in the usual way, are held inkeepers 21 which are formed on the top sides of the ringiclasps 22, andthe latter are adapted to tit sn ugly on the handle 12. It will be seenthen that the handle is fastened to the head of the rake in such awaythat neither the head or handle are perforated, and consequently therake is very strong. It will also be noticed that the rake may be easilyput together, and that owing to the upward bend in the handle, itsholding capacity is very large.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a rake, the combination of the rake head havingthe usual teeth and a beveled or inclined notch in the top, the clipclasped to the head and having a keeper adapted to ex- 'tend over thebeveled or inclined notch, a handle having a flattened end portion toenter the keeper, and a fastening Wedge to ht between IOO the handle andthe beveled surface of the bent braces thereon, a clip shaped to fit thehead, substantially as described. head and having a keeper upon it, ahandle 2. The combination of the rake head havadapted to enter the headykeeper, and ring ing the usual teeth,the handle fastened to the claspsshaped to lib the handle and having 15 5 head, the braces secured to thehead and exkeepers to receive the braces, substantially as tendingopposite the handle, and the rings sedescribed. cured to the handle andPhaving keepers formed thereon to receive the braces, substan- ROBERT J'SCHNEIDER' tially as described. Witnesses: 1o 3. As an improved articleof manufacture, GHAS. F. BAUERDORF,

a rake comprising the usual head having the CHARLES ROHE.

